Thursday, March 21, 2013

Crab Cakes

I know that you're either a seafood person or you're not, and I hate to be rude, but if you don't appreciate the melt-in-your mouth, buttery deliciousness of crab... HIT THE ROAD.

But then come back here in a few days. There might be cookies.

So I actually made these in Florida a few weeks ago. Seems like a dream now.

And I thought that when we got home it was going to be spring. You sit on a throne of lies, Mr. Groundhog.

But as I was saying, in Florida I always order crab cakes when we go out to eat. This poses a problem since I've recently discovered that gluten bothers me (and my poor father) and crab cakes are usually like 70% crumbs. So after we were done eating at the restaurant, Dad says to me, "You got the crab cakes too, didn't you?" and I nod and shake his hand bracingly and say, "Good luck".

Well, of course we had tummy aches for about a week, but dare I say... it was almost worth it?

But not worth it enough to do it again. So I'll just have to make my own.

I use one can of fancy white and one can of fancy lump. Okay, yeah... fancy lump sounds kinda gross. Trust me though, this is the good stuff. The reason I use a can of fancy white too is because A. It's a lot cheaper and B. Because it helps hold it all together since it's more shredded up. I'm pretty sure that fancy white is meat from the body of the crab and fancy lump is from the legs.

I also use cornbread crumbs instead of breadcrumbs since I'm always making gluten free cornbread, but you could use regular breadcrumbs, cracker crumbs, or whatever. I think the cornbread gives it a good flavor though so it's up to you.

After you've got all the stuff mixed up, form it into some nice, little Krabby Patties.

You actually might want to do them a little smaller than I did. The
smaller you make them, the easier they'll be to flip when you're cooking
them. I actually made a few that were about half this size, but I
didn't take photos because they were pretty much immediately eaten after
flying off the pan.

Ain't nothing more beautiful than a golden crab cake frying in the pan.

Combine all the ingredients for the crab cakes and gently stir together. Form into small patties (the smaller they are, the easier they'll be to flip) and fry in a few tablespoons of oil on about medium heat. Flip them very carefully once the bottom is browned. Continue to cook until the other side is browned. Serve with remoulade and lemon wedges and garnish with more chopped red bell peppers and green onions if desired.